Crestwood wrestling
CRESCO - The Crestwood varsity boys' wrestling team grabbed first place at the Class 2A Sectional Tournament in Cresco on Saturday, Feb. 5 with 272.5 points, and the Cadets advanced 10 individuals to the District Tournament scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 12 in New Hampton. By placing first at...
NEW HAMPTON - The Crestwood wrestling team posted a second place team finish at the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament on Jan. 29 in New Hampton. Two Cadets won individual championship including: Cole Schmauss (113 pounds) and Cole Butikofer (152). Complete results will be in the Feb. 2 issue of...
CRESCO - Only a stellar performance by a strong Creston squad prevented the Crestwood wrestling team from capturing the team title at the Chris Flanagan Invitational held on Saturday, Jan. 8 at Crestwood.
Creston racked up 214 total points to win the team title while Crestwood was a close second...
CRESCO - The Crestwood Cadets opened their season at home on Nov. 30 in a strong way with four dual meet wins. The Cadets crushed Northwood-Kensett (63-15); beat South Winn (50-27); trounced Riceville (72-9); and bounced Tripoli (78-6).
“This was a good start to the year for us,” Cadet Head Coach...
CRESCO - A near-capacity crowd of 250 people gathered at the Howard County Fairgrounds Expo Hall for an exciting evening of good food, speeches, stories and joyful reminiscing on Saturday, July 31 at the CHS Team 100 Years of Wrestling Banquet.
Prior to the banquet, visitors to the Expo Hall had...
CRESCO - There is a small, elite and incredibly impressive club when it comes to wrestling in Cresco - grapplers who have won three state titles at Cresco/Crestwood High School.
Prior to the 2020-21 season, that group included only two wrestlers going back to the 1921-22 season: Donald Maland (1932...
CRESCO - When it comes to hard work, dedication and giving it his all 100 percent of the time, there are few coaches who can surpass Crestwood Head Wrestling Coach Keith Slifka.
If people in other parts of Iowa didn’t know that before the 2021 State Tournament, they sure as heck know it now.
Prior...
CRESCO - Crestwood Junior High Wrestling Coach and Math Teacher, Jerry Steffen, recently received the Class 2A Junior High Wrestling Coach of the Year Award. Steffen was presented this award prior to the state wrestling finals on Feb. 20 in Des Moines.
This season marked Steffen’s 24th year of...
DES MOINES - Crestwood junior Carter Fousek won a 6-4 decision over Dominik Ridout of East Marshall in the championship match at 126 pounds at the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament to capture his third straight state title on Saturday, Feb. 20. Fousek is now Cresco/Crestwood's 70th individual...
DES MOINES - Crestwood freshman Anders Kittelson (113 pounds) and junior Carter Fousek (126) both won their semifinal matches at the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament on Feb. 19 to advance to the championship match scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20. Kittelson won a 3-2 decision over Tucker Stangel...
